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Instructions for a heat wave / Maggie O'Farrell.

Summary:

"Gretta Riordan wakes on a stultifying July morning in 1976 to find that her husband of forty years has gone to get the paper and vanished, cleaning out his bank account along the way. Gretta's three grown children converge on their parents' home for the first timme in years." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385349406
  • ISBN: 0385349408
  • ISBN: 9780345804716
  • ISBN: 0345804716
  • Physical Description: 290 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House LLC, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in Great Britain by Tinder Press, an imprint of Headline Publishing Group, a Hachette UK company, London." -- Title page verso.
Publisher and paging may vary.
Subject:
Children of disappeared persons > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
London (England) > Fiction.
Genre:
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 19 of 27 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 27 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library FIC O'FARRELL (Text) 36015000295762 Adult Fiction Available -
Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library F O'FARRELL (Text) 39493107410179 Adult Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library F OFA (Text) 50503300285949 Adult Fiction Available -
Black Mountain Library F OFA (Text) 0020509922801 Adult Fiction Available -
Canton Library F O'Farrell (Text) 33115007328302 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/06/2026
Cleveland County Main Library F OFARRELL (Text) 22281500028684 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F O'FARRELL (Text) 31781060941281 Adult Fiction Available -
Forsyth Central FIC O'Farrell, Maggie (Text) 0112519613429 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/06/2026
Henderson Main Branch OFA (Text) 33258007672293 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/07/2026
Henderson Main Branch OFA (Text) 33258007672301 Adult Fiction On holds shelf -
Kill Devil Hills Library F OFA (Text) 39488501049938 Adult Fiction Available -
Lee County Main Library F/O'FARRELL (Text) 33262003223889 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/19/2026
Lexington Public Library F O (Text) 25908006403187 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/29/2026
Macon County Public Library F O'FARRELL (Text) 39493107444400 Adult Fiction Available -
Madison-Mayodan Public Library Fic (Text) 31554009691048 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/24/2026
Norris Public Library F O'Fa (Text) 30254100516357 Adult Fiction Available -
North Asheville Library F OFA (Text) 0020509984231 Adult Fiction Available -
Pack Memorial Library F OFA (Text) 0020509922819 Adult Fiction Available -
Paddison Memorial Branch FIC O'Farrell, Maggie (Text) 0112519611621 Adult Fiction Available -
Reynolda Manor Branch FIC O'Farrell, Maggie (Text) 0112519611613 Adult Fiction Checked out 08/22/2026
Richard H. Thornton Main Library FIC O'FARRE (Text) 42756201834790 Adult Fiction Available -
Statesville Main Library F OFARRELL (Text) 33114017332305 Adult Fiction Available -
Transylvania County Library FIC OFA (Text) 38079102071131 Adult Fiction Reshelving -
Warren County Memorial Library F OFA (Text) 38017000070011 Adult Fiction Available -
Weaverville Library F OFA (Text) 0020512974328 Adult Fiction Available -
West Asheville Library F OFA (Text) 0020509922793 Adult Fiction Available -
Yancey County Public Library FIC OFA (Text) 33333003173875 Adult Fiction Available -